Nine persons killed and ten injured in fire in Dehradun Express

Railway authorities said on Wednesday that nine passers were killed and over ten passengers were injured when a sleeper coach of the Bandra-Dehradun Express caught fire on Wednesday. According to them a fire broke out in one the sleeper coaches that spread to other three bogies of the train around 2.30am and this was happened between Gholwad and Dahanu road station in Thane in Maharashtra. The injured were rushed to local hospital.

Railway Minister Kharge orders probe

Railway Minister Malikharjun Kharge has ordered a probe into the incident. He announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each to the next kin of those killed in the incident.

Helpline numbers

Western Railways have set up helpline numbers — 022-23011853 and 022-230073885 — to those seeking information on the train and passengers.
The other helpline numbers are – 022-67649632 – Dahanu Road; 022-26435756 - Bandra Terminus; 0261-2423992 - Surat; 011-23342954 & 1072 – New Delhi and 0135 2624002, 2624003 – Dehradun.